Anna Matveeva is the author of the novels "Dyatlov Pass, or the Secret of the Nine", "There is!'and 'Every Hundred Years', collections of short stories 'Lolotta and other Parisian Stories', 'Hidden Rivers', 'Katya Goes to Sochi', as well as books 'Townspeople' and 'Picture Girls'.The novel "The Enviable Feeling of Vera Stenina" tells the story of female friendship-enmity. Vera, an art critic, a single mother, is constantly jealous of her friend Yulka. Yulka is always lucky, and she does not envy anyone, but she could — the same Faith, because she has a unique gift — to feel painting in a special way: she talks to portraits, feels the aroma of painted flowers and hears the music played by the artists depicted in the paintings…The novel is layered: the anatomy of envy, the combination of Western European tradition with Russian mentality, a light detective accent and — in full voice — a hymn to art and beauty.'The story of female friendship bordering on acute envy (if not hatred) is filled with elegant wordplay, and at the same time can serve as an excellent guide to art history: building the image of her heroine, Matveeva shows how to look at the masterpieces of painting correctly, the image turns into a set of sound, color and tactile metaphors.' (KONSTANTIN MILCHIN, literary critic, chief editor of Storytel)